Question

hello guys i’m wondering how to store os.system result in variable

as we know it’s return 0

so i’m wondering what i should do to store the result

and second question : how to get ip in Linux [ somebody will suggest ifconfig] but ifconfig show so many result i just wana the IP

Answer 1

import os
from subprocess import *

def run_cmd(cmd):
        p = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
        output = p.communicate()[0]
        return output

As for the second question, see http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/read-unixlinux-system-ip-address-in-a-shell-script.html